Curated AI News from Japan · 2026-10-11

What's happening in Japan today

6 of 31 Japanese-language candidates. Sources are a hand-picked whitelist, the ordering comes from model scoring, and the bar is whether it is useful to someone building AI in Japan — each entry says why we picked it. Most of this exists only in Japanese and never surfaces in English-language feeds.

01 Enterprise “Notebook AI” Can Now Generate Slides from Scanned PDFs

法人向け「Notebook AI」、スキャンPDFからスライドを自動生成可能に

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KnowledgeSense added a feature to the Notebook function of its enterprise AI agent ChatSense, enabling automatic slide generation from scanned PDFs whose text cannot be selected.

Why choose itA Japanese company has published concrete features for automatically turning scanned PDFs into slide decks, making this worth evaluating for document-heavy workflows.

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02 Starting in November, the Representative Who Checks Your Multifunction Printer Will Have AI Read a Fax On-Site: and° Partners with Osaka Office Equipment Dealer デンチュウ株式会社

いつも複合機の調子を見に来る担当者が、届いたFAXを1枚その場でAIに読ませて帰る。11月から。and°、大阪のオフィス機器販売会社デンチュウと業務提携

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株式会社and° will partner with デンチュウ株式会社 from November 2026, with sales representatives using AI to read faxes during multifunction-printer service visits.

Why choose itA Japanese company plans to offer on-site fax recognition, making this relevant for teams exploring local partnerships and practical deployment.

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03 Retail AI Policy Violations: Over Half Involve Entering Confidential Data into AI — Netskope Survey

小売業界のAIポリシー違反、半数超はAIへの機密データ入力 ― Netskope調査

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Netskope Threat Labs released the survey. Netskope Japan focuses on security and networking technologies for the cloud and AI era.

Why choose itThis provides useful material for auditing and mitigating the risks of entering confidential data into AI systems at Japanese companies.

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04 SO Technologies Launches “n-ext” Beta to Accelerate AI Adoption by Advertisers and Agencies

SO Technologies、業務理解から実務連携までAIで一気通貫支援！広告主・代理店のAI活用を加速する「n-ext」β版を提供開始

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SO Technologies, a consolidated subsidiary of ソウルドアウト株式会社, launched the “n-ext” beta to provide end-to-end AI support, from business understanding to practical collaboration, for advertisers and agencies.

Why choose itA Japanese company has released a marketing AI beta, so practitioners can apply for access and assess its capabilities firsthand.

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05 [For Business Owners Only · Free Admission] “Getting Started with Claude Code” Workshop to Be Held on October 15: Set Up and Understand Folders on Your Own PC

【経営者限定・参加無料】「はじめてのClaude Code」実践会を10月15日に開催。初期設定とフォルダ理解を自分のPCで

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Why choose itThis is a hands-on Claude Code session for Japanese companies, but its conventional training format makes it a relatively low-priority action.

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06 How Will Your Work Change? Enter the Era of AI That Understands Space! Free Seminar on Nov. 7 (Sat.): “How Will Spatial AI and Physical AI Transform the Future of Work?”

あなたの仕事はどう変わる？AIが空間を理解する時代へ！11/7（土）無料セミナー「空間AIとフィジカルAIが変える仕事の未来とは？」

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クリーク・アンド・リバー社 will hold a free seminar on Nov. 7 about how Spatial AI and Physical AI will shape the future of work.

Why choose itThe lecture covers trends in spatial and physical AI, while its free format keeps the barrier to participation low.

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